Can you stucco over an existing wall?

Sometimes. Over sound block or concrete we can often bond directly with the right surface prep. Over old failing stucco or over siding, the honest answer is usually a tear-off, a fresh drainage plane and lath, and a clean start.

Do you handle permits and inspections?

Yes. We pull whatever the local jurisdiction requires and schedule the lath inspection before any mud goes on the wall, since once it is covered there is no way to verify it later.

How long before I can paint new stucco?

If you are painting instead of using an integral color finish, give the wall roughly 28 days to cure so the alkalinity drops. Painting too early is the fastest way to get peeling on a wall that is only weeks old.

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Stucco Installation in PLACEHOLDER City, ST

New three-coat stucco over wood frame, block or an existing substrate, built to spec and finished in the texture you choose.

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20+ years in business

Plastering since 2005, same crew leads on every job.

Locally owned

One shop, one service area, no franchise call center.

Highest-rated crew in the area

Referral work and repeat GC clients make up most of our schedule.

A stucco wall only performs as well as what is buried behind it. On new stucco installation jobs in PLACEHOLDER City we start with the weather-resistive barrier, lap every course correctly, set the lath and accessories, and only then start mixing mud. That sequence is not optional in a desert climate. Skip a step and the wall will still look fine on install day, then start telling on you the first time monsoon rain drives sideways into a wall.

PLACEHOLDER Stucco Co. has been building traditional three-coat systems throughout PLACEHOLDER County for 21+ years. We are locally owned, we keep the plastering in-house instead of farming it out to whichever crew is free that week, and the same lead who scopes your job is the one standing on the wall when the finish coat goes on.

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What goes into a three-coat stucco system

Three-coat stucco, also called hard coat or traditional cement plaster, is built in layers over galvanized metal lath. The scratch coat keys into the lath and gets raked horizontally so the next coat has something to grip. The brown coat is floated flat and plumb and is where the wall actually gets its plane. The finish coat carries the color and texture on top. Total build-up over lath runs close to 7/8 inch, which is the figure a building inspector will be checking for.

Behind all three coats sits the part nobody sees but everyone should care about: two layers of building paper or an approved weather-resistive barrier, a weep screed set at least 4 inches above grade or 2 inches above any paved surface, casing bead ringing every window and door, and control joints spaced so no single panel is left oversized. Arizona's low year-round humidity means that drainage plane has to work, because a wall here dries fast and shows every shortcut within a season or two.

Finish textures we run on Valley homes

Texture is the part a homeowner actually lives with, so we bring physical samples and let you look at them on your own wall in real daylight before anything gets decided. Sand and float finishes are the most forgiving over large elevations and are the default across most Maricopa County tract housing. Lace and dash read busier and do a good job hiding minor substrate movement. Smooth and Santa Fe finishes look clean and modern but show every imperfection in the brown coat underneath, which is why they cost more in labor.

Sand finish — fine, medium or coarse aggregate, the most common residential choice in the PLACEHOLDER Valley
Lace and skip trowel — hides substrate movement and blends well on repair work
Knockdown and dash — sprayed on, durable, common on older Phoenix-area housing stock
Santa Fe smooth and Mission-style finishes — flat, clean lines, unforgiving of a rushed brown coat
Worm, swirl and cat-face patterns — used to match existing texture in older neighborhoods

Scheduling an install around Arizona weather

Cement plaster cures with water, not by drying out, and that fact runs the whole schedule here more than in most parts of the country. Our low desert humidity pulls moisture out of a fresh brown coat fast, so we moist-cure it on a set schedule rather than hoping it works itself out, and we plan finish-coat days around overnight lows, wind and direct sun exposure. Skipping that step in the middle of a Phoenix summer is the single most common reason a brand-new wall develops hairline map cracking that no amount of troweling fixes later. Monsoon season, mid-June through September, adds wind-driven rain and the occasional haboob to the mix, so we also watch the forecast before scheduling any coat that needs a dry window to set up properly.

What drives the cost of a stucco installation

Square footage is only the starting point on a bid. Wall height and site access decide how much scaffolding has to go up. The number of windows, doors and architectural returns decides how much accessory and detail labor is baked into the number. Whether the crew is going over open wood frame, over concrete block, or stripping a failed older system first changes the material list from top to bottom. We walk the elevations, count every opening and hand you a written scope, so you can compare our bid line for line against anyone else quoting stucco installation in PLACEHOLDER City.

Stucco Installation across PLACEHOLDER County

We run this work throughout PLACEHOLDER City and the surrounding towns. In places like Gilbert, Chandler and Tempe, no two elevations are exactly the same, so every job gets scoped on site rather than over the phone.

Common questions

Stucco Installation questions we hear in PLACEHOLDER City

On a typical single-family home, lath and scratch coat run a day or two, the brown coat follows, and the finish coat goes on once the brown coat has properly cured. Most residential installs in PLACEHOLDER City wrap in one to two weeks depending on weather and total square footage.

What neighbors say

Referral work is most of our schedule

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